USS Ringgold (DD-500)

History
United States
Name	USS Ringgold
Namesake	Cadwalader Ringgold
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
Laid down	25 June 1942
Launched	11 November 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Arunah Sheperdson Abell
Commissioned	30 December 1942
Decommissioned	23 March 1946
Stricken	1 October 1974
Identification	DD-500
Fate	Transferred to West German Navy, 14 July 1959
West Germany
Name	Zerstörer 2
Acquired	14 July 1959
Identification	D171
Fate	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 18 September 1981
Greece
Name	Kimon
Acquired	18 September 1981
Stricken	1993
Identification	D42
Fate	Scrapped, 1993
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer Zerstörer 1-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,080 t)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW) ; 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	329
Armament	5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × single depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge racks

USS Ringgold (DD-500), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Cadwalader Ringgold (1802–1867). Entering service in 1942 during World War II, the destroyer served in the Pacific theater. Following the war the ship was placed in reserve before being transferred to the West German Navy and renamed Zerstörer 2 in 1959. In 1981 the destroyer was transferred to the Hellenic Navy and was renamed Kimon. Kimon was sold for scrap in 1993.